WHEN HE'S ALL DOLLED UP (He's The Best Dressed Rube In Town) (1917)
(Walter Donaldson / Monty C. Brice)


Talk about your Beau Brummels,
Talk about your city swells
We've got one right in our town,
I mean Elmer Hatchway Brown
Folks, I never like to swear
But, by heck, I do declare,
He's the swellest guy I've seen
He's like an actor on the movin' picture screen

When he's all dolled up you ought to see him
When he's all dolled up
He's got a funny little pinch back coat and bamboo cane;
Has an umbrella if it's going to rain
He's a gosh darn dude, there's no denying
From his derby hat right down
Always wears a flower in his buttonhole
Wears a rubber band around his old bank role

When he's all dolled up you ought to see him
He's the best dressed dude in town.
Down at this year's County Fair,
Elmer Hatchway Brown was there
All dressed up to beat the band
The ladies all thought he was grand
Stepped right in the betting ring
Bet a dime on some darn thing,
Lost and started in to sing,
It seemed he didn't give a good gol ding.


(Contributed by Ferda Dolunay - March 2005)